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City Post Ofc. Flag day – Historic Photo Reproduction

City Post Ofc. Flag day, [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
City Post Ofc. Flag day, [between 1910 and 1935]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with City Post Ofc. Flag day, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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City Post Ofc. Flag day

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Flag Day gives this glass negative of the City Post Office its particular occasion, with the building shown decorated for the June observance of the national flag. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented Washington, D.C., made the image sometime between 1910 and 1935, and the title comes from the studio's own unverified notes. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947. Viewers should note the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which result from natural deterioration of the original coating.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,420 × 5,152 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260780

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